Improvement in machines for setting up types



0. L. BROWN. MACHINE FOR SETTING UP TYPES.

Patented'No'au 25,1862.

UNITED STATES,

canon L. BROWN, or sosron, nss'sncncsnrrs.

Specification forming part oi'vLcttersPatent-Ho. gtiyilitili, dated November 335, ls'li'l.

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, ORREN L. BROWN, of Boston, .in the county otSuifollr and State of lllassaclinsetts, have invented anew and Improved Machine for Setting Up Types in Sticks; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,making a part of this speci fication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached longitudinal section of the stick, taken in the liney 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aside sectional View of the'type case and stick, taken in the line a: m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of referenccindicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and ill}- nroved machine for setting up types that is to say, for depositing then'i in the stick preparatory to placing them in the galley,

from which they are taken and locked up inthe form. I V

The object of the invention is to obtain a simple device for the purpose specified, and

one which maybe operated or manipulated correctly by almost any person with but very little practice.

The invention consists in placing the type in a case formed of cells, each of such a width as to admit of a single row of type, and rising in connection therewith a sliding stick, and. certain mechanism arranged in such a manner that the stick may be shoved along below the case and brought in a proper relative position with any of the rows of type in the ease and. the type discharged from the case and properly deposited in the stick.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully "understand and construct my ll1\(l1tl0ll,l will proceed to describe it. J

A. represents the type-case, which is placed in an inclined position on a suitable stand or support, B, and is formed of a series of narrow cells, a, each of which contains a single row of types, a sufficient number of cells be- .ing in the case to contain the iettcrs'of the alphabet, quads, &c., which are generally contained in the ordinary type-cases. The cells a are. all parallel with each other, and they extend from the top to the bottom of the case, the lowermost type of each cell resting or bearing against cleats 7) at the lower end of the case, and which leave a portion of the lower ends of the types exposed, for the pun pose hereinafter shown.

v The case A is permanently attached to the stand or support Rand is i nclincd at an angle of about forty-five degrees, so that the type will have a tendency to fall or settle down against the cleats b by their own gravity, as will be full y understood by referring to Figs. 1 and 4.

Qreprcsents the stick into'which the types are discharged from the case A. This stick is of rectangular form, like the ordinary ones in use, and it has an inclined position corresponding with the inclination of the case A The sticn rests on supports c, which are attached to a slide, ll, placed on ways at d, secured to the base E, parallel with the support B of the case A, and this slide has anelastic plate, 1*, attached to one end of it, said pen; having a pendent projection, a, near its outer cnd,wbich catches into any of a series of notches, f, in a bar, G, secured to the base E between the ways (I d and parallel therewith. The lower side, of, of the stick 0 is adjustable, it being attached to the bottom plate, 9, by means of set-screws h, which pass through slots i in a flange, at the bottom of said side a". (See Fig. 2.) By this arrangement the width of the stick may be regulated to suit the length of the lines oftype to be deposited in it. Within the stick there is placed a follower 0r sliding plate, H, which extends the whole width of the stick and is attached to a rod, 1, which passes through a bearing, J, and also through a guide, K. The outer end of this red has a spiral spring, L, attached toit, as shown in Fig. 8, and this spring has a tendency to keep the plate H forced inword or toward the inner end of the stick, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 3. The inner end plate, I, of the stick G is also adjustable, it having a flange, k, at its bcttonnwhich is slotted for set-screws Z to pass through, as shownin Fig. 2.

.l' is a slide, which is fitted in the stick (3 between the plate H and a ledge or shoulder, in, on the bottom plate, 9', of the stick, as shown in Fig. 3, and K is a sliding'or adjustable bar which is fitted in the space between the endplate, 1, and the slide J. This bar i has a rod, L, attached to it, which rod passes through an eye or guide, Iii, secured to the plate I. The outer end of the rod L has a spiral spring,

s2 awr N, connected to it, which spring has a tend many to keep the bar K shoved or pressed upwardwithin the space I: beiwccnthc and plate, 1,oi' the slick and; the slide J.- .The,

bar K is retained atany desi red poi nt within the space a bymeans oi a :pawl, 10, wlnch is I attached to"bhrKandcatches' int'oa rack, 4-,,

' at the upper edge of plate I; A

1 is alever which is attached to the slide I),

on which the stick 0 is supported. i1llS lever 1 has 'a-spring, (3, connected to it andarrangcd in any proper way so as to keep the outer end of said lever elevated; The inner end of thclevcr l isconn'ccted by a link, R, with a slide, bi, which is 'iiijted and-works within suitable guides" p. Tlheslidc'S is in line with the lower exposed ends of the type in the case A. I

T is a, lever. which is also attached-to the slid I) at the back part of the lattcn'and hasa-spring, 9, connected with it, and sotarranged as to keep the uppercnd of said lever forced upward ortoward the upper end of a slot. r,

in theiiang'e k of the end plate, 1', and bottom piate,g, of thcstic'k C, and to the upper end otthe lower '1 there is attached, byapivot .or joint, 8, a 1 -od,-'U-,whichi-hasa pendent plunger, t,- sccurcdto itg and wliich works between two pei-ident-clastic'plates,u 7w, connectcd to. an arm, V,'that is secured to the upper side of tli'cstickt). :The up er end of the rod U has an arm, a, connected to it,w'hich" works through-a guide,w, on'the arm 'lhe-levcr fl is provided withj'a notch, a, which, when the front end of thelever P is depressed, receives the end of a awl, b,'which is attached to lever l, and is thrown in con-' tact with the notch a by means of a spring, 0',

At the upper surface of the case A there is secured a plate, (1, which'has the letters of the alphabet "and other sighs engraved or printed I .ing the slide along'on the waysd d, the notches f being all lettered in front, in order toenable the operator to adjust thestick propcrl y to receive the type.

The operation is as follows; The case A has its cells unfilled with the type, quads, and

- cell a that contains the desired type to be dis charged into said space. The operator then presses down'the outer end" of lever I, and

thereby forces up the slide S, which as it rises pushes the lowermost type in the cell upward between the elastic plates at it, which hold the typc in line with the space .14, and when the operator.withdraws hisiingcr from the lever *1 the spring Q, forcesthc outer end of said 10- var upward to its furt er position,'thc innereud of course falling at the same time, and the pawl I) catchesinto the notch a of the lever "'l, and as theinucr end of lover 1 falls forces outward the upper part of' lever-'1, and the plunger t is forced down between the two elas, tic platcsu a, and the typcdrivcn down into the space a, the plunger '1! ascending to its original position as soon .as the pawl b isdisengagcd from the notch a under the action 01" the spring g, which forces back the'levcr '1 to its original position. "The bar K serves as a support for the types in the space 11, and said bar is forced down the thickness of a type each time the "plunger t dcshenidsfand-is held by the pawl 0 and rack o. The types are thussct up inthe space a of the stick, and; when said space is filled the end plate, I, byrclaxing orunscrcwing the outer set-screw Z, (theothcrsctscrews Z being merely guides) is shoved to the right,

and the line of type is forced into the body oi .thestick G and alsothe slide J, which is then withdrawni'rom the-stick and inserted at the left of the line of type in its former position. Th 2 plate Hyiclds in consequence ofthe spring L being attached to its rod I, and said plate is 1 made to form a bearing ihinth tyi ic ujthin the stick. The end plate, I, is then moved back and secured in its former position," another line of type discharged into the space,

and so on untilthe stick is filled. *The vplate a serves to prevent more than one type being forced upward at once from the cascA. The plate H is prevented from casually sliding in the stick 0 by means of a set-screw, (7, which i is fittedin the bearing J of th-e rod I, and is made to clalnp'the rod each time after the plate H is forced back in the stick, the screw 0 being turned to frccthe rodI previous to each adjustment-of the'end plate, I. By adjusting the end'plate, I, nearcrtoorfarther from the sides of the stick- C, the space u may be made ofa greater or less width, to suit differentsized, types.

It will be seen from this description that the type may be set up'wit-hin the stick with but very little practice.

, The ordinary modeof setting up type rcquiresa great deal of practice. Aperson must become familiar with the compartments wit-1r. in the case in order to take the types therefrom with facility, and even withold and experienced compositors many errors occur.

My invention may he constructed at a very moderate cost, so as to bewithin the reach of small printing-offices, and, if' properly constructed, there will be no parts liable to become deranged by'usc, so as to render its opation imperfect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is-- 1. The employment or use of a type-case, A, provided with a series of type-cells, a, in

combination with a sliding stick, 0, provided with a plate, H, plunger 15, and slide S, so ar ranged that the stick maybe moved along and its space it adjusted in line with any of the type-cells a in the case A, and the type'discharged from the case into the stick, substantially as herein set forth;

2. Operating the slide S and plunger t through the medium of the lever P, provided with a spring, Q, a pawl, b, and a lever, T, provided with a notch, a, and having the plunger-rod U attached to its upper end, all arranged as shown, whereby the types are forced upward and out from the cells a of the case A andinto the space at oi thestiek, asset v forth.

3. Providing the stick Cwithan adjustable ORREN L. BROWN.

Witnesses:

EBENEZER GAY, JOHN S. HUMBEmn 

